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The Air Force is taking steps to help its leaders wrap their heads around the new complex world of multi-domain operations, where war takes place in not only land, sea and air, but space and cyber space, and against peer competitors determined to degrade or disrupt their communications.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Before Hurricane Florence barreled toward the East Coast last week, the Air Force had planned to host reporters and foreign partners at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, for briefings and displays showcasing the work it had done with its light attack experiment.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force wants to add 74 squadrons to its fleet by the 2025 to 2030 timeframe, but it could run up against funding constraints as it pursues a wide range of high-ticket modernization programs.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.— The Air Force is hoping its use of new artificial intelligence and augmented reality technologies to instruct pilots will accelerate the speed at which airmen are trained, the Air Education and Training Command(AETC) leader said Sept. 18.

The scenario military thinkers propose would double the number of jet fighters in a typical battle formation from four to eight. But instead of the additional aircraft being identical to an F-35 joint strike fighter, or F-15E Strike Eagle, they are low-cost, unmanned jets.